List of King's College London alumni
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This List of King's College London alumni includes graduates, non-graduate former students, and current students of King's College London.
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[edit] Academia
[edit] Heads of University
- Professor Alison Richard, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, former Provost of Yale University
- Sir Richard Sykes, Rector of Imperial College London, former Chairman of GlaxoSmithKline
- Professor Martin Howy Irving, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne (1887-1889), noted educationist
- Professor Barney Pityana, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of South Africa, lawyer, theologian and human rights activist
- Professor Kenneth Hare, climatologist, President of the University of British Columbia (1968–1969), Provost of the University of Trinity College (1979-1986), Chancellor of Trent University (1988–1995)
- Professor Chris Taylor, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bradford (2001-2007)
- Professor Paul Wellings, Vice-Chancellor of Lancaster University
[edit] Academics
- Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge (1914-1943), President of the Royal Society (1930-1935), 1929 winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of vitamins, and the amino acid tryptophan
- Peter Higgs, Professor emeritus of theoretical physics at the University of Edinburgh, best known for his proposal of broken symmetry in electroweak theory, explaining the origin of mass of elementary particles in general and of the W and Z bosons in particular; this so-called Higgs mechanism predicts the existence of a new particle, the Higgs boson
- Henry Barclay Swete, Biblical scholar, Professor of pastoral theology at King's College London (1882-1890), Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge University (1890-1915)
- Brian Bond, Professor emeritus of military history at King's College London
- Roger Parker, musicologist, currently Thurston Dart Professor of Music at King's College London, Professor at Cornell University (1982-1994), Professor and Fellow of St Hugh's College, Oxford (1994-1999), Professor of Music at Cambridge University (1999-2006) where he was a Fellow of St John's College and Chair of the School of Arts and Humanities (2005-2006)
- Michael Levitt, biophysicist, Professor of Structural Biology at Stanford University
- Brian Davies, Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University, Lecturer in Theology and Philosophy at the University of Oxford (1982-1995)
- Martin J. Taylor, Professor of Pure Mathematics at the University of Manchester, Vice-President of the Royal Society, former President of the London Mathematical Society
- Steven Rose, Professor of Biology and Neurobiology at the University of London and the Open University
- Elizabeth Burns, lecturer in Philosophy of Religion, Dean of Undergraduate Studies at Heythrop College, University of London
- Geoffrey Till, Professor of Maritime Studies in the Defence Studies Department at King's College London
- Raymond Peters, Professor Emeritus of Polymer and Fibre Science at the University of Manchester (1955-1984)
- Raymond Beazley, Professor of History at the University of Birmingham (1909-1933), Fellow of Merton College, Oxford
[edit] Politics
[edit] Presidents and Heads of State
- Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, 11th President of India
- Glafkos Klerides, 4th President of the Republic of Cyprus
- France-Albert René, 2nd President of Seychelles
- Sir Sydney Gun-Munro, Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1979–1985)
[edit] Politicians
- David Owen, Baron Owen of Plymouth, co-founder and leader of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) (1983-1987) and of the re-formed SDP (1988-1990), Foreign Secretary (1977-1979), Chancellor of the University of Liverpool
- Reginald McKenna, Liberal statesman, Home Secretary (1911–1915), Chancellor of the Exchequer (1915–1916)
- Natascha Engel, Labour Member of Parliament
- Julie Morgan, Labour Member of Parliament, wife of Rhodri Morgan
- Douglas Carswell, Conservative Member of Parliament
- Tim Collins, Conservative Member of Parliament
- Alex Carlile, Baron Carlile of Berriew, Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords
- John MacGregor, Baron MacGregor of Pulham Market, Conservative Member of Parliament, Cabinet minister (1985-1994), Leader of the House of Commons (1990-1992)
- Harold Watkinson, 1st Viscount Watkinson, Conservative Member of Parliament, Minister of Defence (1959–1962), President of the CBI (1976-1977) and Chairman of Cadbury Schweppes (1969–74)
- James Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater, Conservative Member of Parliament, Speaker of the House of Commons (1905–1921)
- Horace Maybray King, Baron Maybray-King, Labour Member of Parliament, Speaker of the House of Commons (1965–1970)
- John Dunwoody, Labour Member of Parliament, GP and surgeon
- Anne McLellan, Canadian cabinet minister, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (2003–2006), academic and company director
- Edith Summerskill, Baroness Summerskill, Labour Member of Parliament, Chair of the Labour Party (1954–1955), co-founder of the Socialist Health Association which spearheaded the National Health Service
- Sir George Chetwynd, Labour Member of Parliament, former board member of British Steel Corporation
- Sir Shridath Ramphal, Commonwealth Secretary-General (1975-1990), Guyanan Foreign Minister (1972-1975), Chancellor of the University of Warwick (1989-2002)
- Sir Hugh Rossi, Conservative Member of Parliament
- Henry de Worms, 1st Baron Pirbright, Conservative Member of Parliament
- Stanley Clinton Davis, Baron Clinton-Davis, Labour Member of Parliament, European Commissioner (1985-89)
- Sir John Bethell, 1st Baronet, Liberal Member of Parliament, former director of Barclays Bank
- Sally Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Huyton, Labour politician, non-executive director of Carphone Warehouse
- James Dalziel, 1st Baron Dalziel of Kirkcaldy, Liberal Member of Parliament
- Sir John Blundell Maple, 1st Baronet, Conservative Member of Parliament and business magnate
- Alexander Brogden, Liberal Member of Parliament, pioneer of rail transport through his father’s contracting business John Brogden and Sons
- Dame Angela Rumbold, Conservative Member of Parliament and educationist
- James Boyden, Labour Member of Parliament
- Terence Boston, Baron Boston of Faversham, Labour Member of Parliament
- Brandon Lewis, Conservative politician, barrister and company director
- Joseph B. Dauda, Sierra Leonean Finance Minister, lawyer and economist
- Francis Black, Canadian cabinet minister
[edit] Royalty & Nobility
- Her Royal Highness Princess Hajah Majeedah Nuurul Bulqiah, daughter of Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei
- Janet Gordon-Lennox, Countess of March and Kinrara, daughter of William Waldorf Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor, member of the prominent Astor family
- Sir Arthur Russell, 6th Baronet, hereditary peer and mineralogist
- Roger Lambart, 13th Earl of Cavan, hereditary peer
[edit] Law
- Edmund Davies, Baron Edmund-Davies, Law Lord, formerly a lecturer at the London School of Economics and Pro-Chancellor of the University of Wales
- Sir Robin Auld, Lord Justice of Appeal
- Sir Horace Avory, criminal lawyer, jurist and Privy Counsellor
- Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, High Court judge
- Justice John Idowu Conrad Taylor, Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria (1960-1964), first Chief Justice of Lagos (1964-1973), Pro-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (1967-1973)
- Michael Caplan, solicitor, Crown Court Recorder
- Sir Louis Blom-Cooper, judge and lawyer, formerly an Observer columnist and academic at the University of London
- Michael Fox, lawyer specialising in corporate law, co-founder of Herzog, Fox & Neeman
[edit] Religion
- Desmond Tutu, South African Archbishop, apartheid activist, and winner of the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize
- George Carey, Baron Carey of Clifton, Archbishop of Canterbury (1991-2002)
- E. W. Bullinger, Anglican clergyman, Biblical scholar, and dispensationalist theologian
- Jack Nicholls, Bishop of Sheffield, a Lord Spiritual in the House of Lords
- The Reverend Canon Robin Ward, Principal of St Stephen's House, University of Oxford
- Mark Oakley, Archdeacon of Germany, Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Latvia and Estonia
- The Reverend Ernest Henry Shears, Archdeacon of Durban (1887-1892), partner of James Shears and Sons
- The Right Reverend Christopher John Hill, Bishop of Guildford, Chaplain to the Queen (1987-1996)
- The Right Reverend David Halsey, Bishop of Carlisle (1972-1989)
- Ralph Emmerson, Bishop of Knaresborough (1972-1979)
- Thomas Pelham Dale, Anglo-Catholic ritualist clergyman, famous for being prosecuted and imprisoned for ritualist practices
- The Reverend Frederick Spurrell, priest and archaeologist
- Charles Taylor, Christian Hebraist, Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge
[edit] Literature
- John Keats, principal poet of the English Romantic movement
- Thomas Hardy, novelist and poet of the naturalist movement
- Arthur C. Clarke, science fiction author and inventor, most famous for his novel 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Alain de Botton, writer, philosopher and television producer
- W. Somerset Maugham, novelist and playwright
- Sir Leslie Stephen, author and mountaineer, father of Virginia Woolf
- Virginia Woolf, novelist and essayist
- Charles Kingsley, novelist, most famous for his children's novel The Water-Babies
- C. S. Forester, historical novelist, author of the best-selling Hornblower Saga
- John Ruskin, author, poet, artist, art critic and social critic
- Anita Brookner, Booker Prize winning novelist, art historian, former Slade Professor at the University of Cambridge, Fellow of New Hall, Cambridge
- Radclyffe Hall, poet and author
- Maureen Duffy, novelist, poet and screenwriter
- Susan Howatch, author
- Elizabeth Smart, novelist and poet
- Michael Morpurgo, writer
- Susan Hill, novelist
- Sir George Webbe Dasent, writer, assistant editor of The Times and former Professor of English literature and modern history at King's College London
- Sir Edwin Arnold, poet and journalist
- Sir Walter Besant, novelist, historian and academic
- Dannie Abse, writer and poet
- Alexander Masters, Whitbread Award winning author and screenwriter
- Henry Morley, writer and academic
- Alfred Ainger, biographer and critic
- Michael Roberts, poet, writer and broadcaster
- Simon Ings, novelist
- Mike Dash, writer, journalist and researcher of anomalous phenomena
- Molly Lefebure, writer
- Vernon Richards, anarchist editor and author
- Menon Marath, novelist
- David Watmough, novelist, playwright and academic
- Charles Finger, author
- Chris Genoa, Bizarro comedic novelist
- Ronan Bennett, novelist and screenwriter
- Helen Cresswell, children's author and screenwriter
[edit] Entertainment
- Rory Bremner, impressionist and political satirist
- Graeme Garden, comedian, actor, television director, author and physician, member of The Goodies comedy trio (1970-1982), panellist on BBC Radio's I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
- Jane Tranter, BBC television Head of Fiction
- Michael Barry BBC Television Head of Drama (1952–1961)
- Jonathan Maitland, television presenter and consumer journalist
- Sir Charles Wyndham, actor
- Henry Kemble, actor, member of the famed Kemble family
- Gemma Williams, model and actress
- Cat Porter, television presenter
[edit] Journalism
- Martin Bashir, journalist famous for high-profile interviews with Diana, Princess of Wales, Michael Jackson et al.
- Jane Corbin, journalist for the BBC's Panorama programme
- Benjamin Cohen, Channel 4 News technology correspondent and dot.com entrepreneur
- John Thadeus Delane, editor of The Times (1841-1877)
- Gwynne Dyer, journalist, syndicated columnist and military historian, Senior Lecturer in War Studies at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (1973-1977)
- Sophie Long, BBC News journalist
- Claire Rayner, journalist and agony aunt
- John Sandes, Australian journalist and author
[edit] Music
- Michael Nyman, composer and musicologist
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
- John Deacon, bassist for the rock band Queen
- Andy Mackay, saxophonist for the art rock group Roxy Music
- Kele Okereke, Bloc Party vocalist and guitarist
- Alice Martineau, singer and songwriter
- Suzi Digby, Baroness Eatwell, conductor and musician
- David Bruce, composer
- Richard Coles, multi-instrumentalist for the band The Communards, journalist and priest
- John Evan, played the keyboard in Jethro Tull
- Gilli Smyth, musician who performed with, amongst others, Gong, formerly a Professor at Sorbonne
[edit] Science, Technology, Medicine, and Mathematics
[edit] Medicine and Health Care
[edit] Biology
[edit] Computer Science
- Steve Bourne, computer scientist, author of the Bourne shell the foundation for the standard command line interfaces to Unix
- Ian Cullimore, main inventor of the Atari Portfolio and Poqet PC pocket PC's, instigator of the PC card
- Kamran Parsaye, originator of the concept of data mining, introduced the notion of parameterized semantics, coined the term Intelligent Database
[edit] Physics
- Frank Farmer, pioneer in the application of physics to medicine, particularly in relation to the practical aspects of cancer treatment by radiation
[edit] Mathematics
- Henry William Watson, mathematician, Fellow of the Royal Society
[edit] Geology
- Sir L. Dudley Stamp, instigator of the Land Utilisation Survey of Britain and professor at Rangoon and LSE
- Sidney Wooldridge, geomorphologist and first Professor of Geography at King's
- David Linton, geomorphologist and professor at Sheffield and Birmingham
[edit] Business
- William Foyle, co-founder of Foyles bookshop
- Eric Nicoli, CEO of EMI, Non-Executive Chairman of HMV, The Tussauds Group, and of the cinema chain Vue
- Calouste Gulbenkian, Armenian oil magnate and philanthropist
[edit] Economics & Finance
- Alfred de Rothschild, banker, philanthropist and director of the Bank of England, member of the prominent Rothschild family
[edit] Educationists
- Anthony Seldon, Master of Wellington College, political commentator best known as Tony Blair's biographer
- Paul K. Davis, historian specializing in military history, presently teaching
[edit] Sport
- Harry Gem, alongside his friend Augurio Perera, is credited as the earliest inventor of lawn tennis
- Andrew Watson, Scottish international footballer, world's first black international football player
- Leigh Richmond Roose, Welsh international goalkeeper
- Thomas Hollingdale, Welsh international rugby player, latterly a clergyman
- Ayoola Erinle, rugby union player currently with Leicester Tigers
- Katherine Grainger, Olympic medal winning rower
- Frances Houghton, Olympic medal winning rower
- Debbie Flood, Olympic medal winning rower
- Adam Langley-Khan, racing driver
[edit] Other
- Sir Ivison Macadam, first President of the National Union of Students, former Director General of the Royal Institute of International Affairs
[edit] Misc
- Joseph Shield Nicholson, economist and academic, former Professor of Political Economy at Edinburgh University
- Alfred Barry, educationalist and former Bishop of Sydney, Honorary chaplain to Queen Victoria, founder and head of several prominent Anglican schools
- Christopher Geidt, Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II. He was Private Secretary to Carl Bildt, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Balkans.
- Thorold Rogers, economist, ***Liberal Member of Parliament (1880-1886)
- John Henry, Toxicologist
- Professor Sid Bradley,
- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
- Dusé Mohamed Ali
- Astley Cooper
- Abdul Razak Baginda
- William Baker (fashion designer)
- Nick Barratt
- Muhammad Abdul Bari
- Jacob Bell
- David Bellamy
- Edward George Bowen
- Robert Maitland Brereton
- Peter Brinsden
- Henry William Bristow
- William Burges (architect)
- Leigh Canham
- William Christie (astronomer)
- Josh Cooper (cryptographer)
- Michael Collins (Irish leader)
- William Kingdon Clifford
- Quentin Crisp
- Howard Dalton
- Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet
- Charles Dickens, Jr
- Peter Martin Duncan
- Herbert Benjamin Edwardes
- Dean Farrar,
- Michael Fisher
- Francis Galton
- W. S. Gilbert
- Malcolm Green (physician)
- Raymond Gosling
- Bill Griffiths
- Andrew Gordon (naval historian)
- Thomas Anstey Guthrie
- Helen Gwynne-Vaughan
- Phil Hammond (comedian)
- Frederic Harrison
- Thomas Hodgkin
- Charles Leonard Huskins
- Frederick Wollaston Hutton
- Derek Jarman
- Janet Kear
- B. S. Johnson
- Muhammad Zafrulla Khan
- Henry Kingsley
- Hanif Kureishi
- Sammy Lee (scientist)
- Gary Lineker
- Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner
- Henry Parry Liddon
- Charles Robertson Maier
- Edward Walter Maunder
- Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner
- Sarojini Naidu
- George Newman (doctor)
- Anthony Yates
- Humphry Osmond
- Trupti Patel
- Anthony Pawson
- Barry Pilton
- William Henry Preece
- Richard Anthony Proctor
- David Beers Quinn
- Alliott Verdon Roe
- Cris Rogers,
- Nancy Rothwell
- Lucinda Roy, novelist, poet and academic
- John Ralston Saul
- Robert Walter Campbell Shelford
- Khushwant Singh
- Louis Slotin
- Alan Smithers
- Caroline Spurgeon
- Patrick Christopher Steptoe
- Edward James Stone
- Richard Vickerman Taylor
- Paddy Tomkins
- Evelyn Underhill
- John L. Walters
- Walter Frank Raphael Weldon
- Tom Willmore
- John Wolfe-Barry
- Sir Richard Doll, former Regius Professor of Medicine at University of Oxford
- Max Theiler
- Havelock Ellis
- Cecily Saunders
- Godfrey William Ernest Candler Ashby
- Miriam Rothschild
